Firefighters are battling a nearly 40-acre brush fire that is burning close to homes in Jurupa Valley. The Clay Fire was first reported at around 5:15 p.m. near Pedley Road and Van Buren Boulevard, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department crews.

The Clay fire broke out in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River in Jurupa Valley just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

A brush fire broke out in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River in Jurupa Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 21 just before 5 p.m., burning at least two acres by 5:45 p.m.